‘Non-yelling Opinion’

“What I do believe is that there will continue to be a market for really good, serious, readable, reliable reporting and really good, serious, readable, thoughtful, unpurchased, non-yelling opinion. It’s up to us to continue doing our best to provide that, by whatever medium technology allows.”

—Fred Hiatt (1955-2021), editorial page editor (2000-2021) and three-time Pulitzer finalist, “Fred Hiatt, Washington Post editorial page editor, dies at 66,” The Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2021.

• Editorial Comment: Gone too soon, Fred.

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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